Tim Tebow looked pretty good last night. What can I say? I’m still a fan. I wanted to see how the Steelers looked and Denver’s Defense was all over them. Dixon reminded me of JJ last year. We may have a shot in Week 3.

I also have to give some love to Steve Yzerman. He is making moves left and right. Signing players, trading prospects, going at it. The Lightning have charted a course for the Promised Land, and we have Gagne. Sounds like a dreaded disease.

Freeman won’t be “100%” for a while. The fracture will take time to heal, and will be sore even then. It’s like banging your thumb with a hammer, anytime you put pressure on that thumb it hurts. Doesn’t mean you can’t use it, or put pressure on it, just that it hurts. It won’t be much different in a week than it is now. I believe he’ll play in week 1, he should play in week 1, and he’ll throw just fine but with a bit of pain. The reason he should be throwing now is to get used to the “pressure” on the thumb now to gain control of those throws with the pain.

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You make a lot of sense. I just question whether it would affect his ball control and accuracy…and the strength of his throws. Really, which one of those fingers does not play a large role in the release of the ball? They all are important. And if there is that much pain, I don’t see how he can be productive at all.

Sure, we can talk about other QBs coming back from injuries…but if it is the throwing hand? That’s a bit different. In this case, letting him come back too soon would affect the team itself in a negative way.

Of course, we don’t really know how bad this injury really is, or how fast of a healer he is. Favre use to come back no matter what…he refused to miss games. But was he always wise for doing so?

In any of those instances, would the team have been better off letting him sit for a game or two? Especially with Rodgers there?

They are actually smarter letting him throw now, get used to the feel of it with the thumb as it is now. It’s an easier adjustment getting used to the healed thumb than it is getting used to throwing with a thumb that hurts. It’s not like he’ll “fracture” it further by throwing now. Everything I’ve heard is “hairline” fracture, which is really pretty minor, there is nothing they can do except ice it and use pain killers. If the swelling is down enough to throw, let him throw. It would be different if he were an arm wrestler with a fractured forearm or something, huge risk of doing more damage. That’s not the case here. Swelling is the only real issue, and if it’s down, he should be throwing.